Cover Description: You are Minoru Sasazuka, age 19, a bit
of a dreamer with a difficult tendency of not being able to make decisions
when your heart is involved. A normal Japanese boy, trying to get into
college, you've got a handsome physique that should make you popular
with girls, but your occasional penchant for romanticism drives them
away.

Invited on a winter dream ski trip with a group of friends, you head
for a ski lodge for some winter skiing and fun. For you, it's a journey
home, since you frequented this particular lodge since wen you were
young. With you are Kyoka, a very special childhood friend of yours,
her stylish sister Keika, and your sister, Honami. At the lodge, you
enjoy the hospitality of the owner, Kasumi, a competent woman with a
tinge of sadness in her eyes. Also at the lodge is the lovely Shizuka,
the mysterious helper who has many secrets.

As the story develops, you are confronted with the reality that Kyoka,
your friend since childhood, loves you. You've suspected this, but haven't
ever been able to face this before now, with the magical and romantic
winter snow all around you. At the same time, you are strangely attracted
to the quiet and romantic Shizuka-chan -- which will you choose? If
you're able choose correctly and guide the characters around you through
the story, you'll be rewarded in the second half of the game. But if
you fail, you could end up with a broken heart -- or much worse.

HN Opinions
Average Rating:

skysenshi (06.20.2001)Mixed Feelings...I was able to play this RPGesque game for a while
during my visit to Rowena's
utterly adorable son, Ken-chan, and I must say it takes getting
used to. Since Ro was unfinished with this game and couldn't
let me take this baby home along with the rest of the anime
I swapped with her (I traded my SiN,
Crying Freeman,
F3, Spy
of Darkness, and Imma
Youjo for some of her H collection), I thought I could
get an original copy off my favorite HN
shopping rack.

As I mentioned earlier, Snow Drop is a little bit hard to adjust
to. I am a true-blooded electronic gamer. As some of you might
know, I've been running a gaming
site with my cousins for years before I built Hentai Neko.
So the prospect of playing something that needed clicking all
the time until I could get to the next exciting scene left a rather
bitter taste in my mouth. Hey, I was used to Final Fantasies and
Xenogears! And the first adult
game I ever played was about mecha, which had a lot of action
and adventure in it. I was actually using my brain in that mecha
experience because I was collecting tools, developing skills and
fighting battles just to see my opponents undress. So you can
just imagine the shock I had when I realized that in SD, in order
to go past the somewhat boring dialogue, I had to click and click
and click and click...

Now for the good part. It's easy to enjoy myself with SD because
the soundtrack was quite pleasant. Track #8 on the Sound Collection
is especially reminiscent of the Wild
Arms theme. As for the voice dubbing, I give my heartfelt
approval to Kasumi's seiyuu!

The fun begins when you finish the game, actually. You get to
see the CG sequences, as well as replay some of your favorite
scenes. You might actually be surprised to find that you have
missed seeing a lot of your favorite girl's pictures. This is
why even though I hate clicking all the time, I'm still playing.
I just have to complete the CG collection! That fast forward tool
at the menu is a blessing! It lets you finish the game in half
the time and experiment with all the paths you hadn't taken.

Overall, I still have mixed feelings. But that Options menu is
really worth experimenting with! Oh, and I definitely forgot to
mention my favorite menu feature: save anytime, anywhere!